What is the cause of port-wine stain on children’s lips?

If a child has a bright red stain on his lips, you can observe the situation first. Most of these port-wine stains will disappear on their own. If they cannot disappear, it is usually caused by a hemangioma, a benign tumor. The location of the hemangioma on the baby is quite special, so it is best to treat the baby in time. If the hemangioma is slowly growing, timely surgical treatment is required. If there is no sign of growth, you can observe first.

What to do if a child has a hemangioma

Comprehensive treatment should be adopted for the treatment of childhood hemangiomas. Most early-stage hemangiomas such as port-wine stains, capillary hemangiomas and cavernous hemangiomas can be dynamically observed. That is, go to the hospital for follow-up by a pediatric surgeon every 3-6 months to observe changes in size, color, and thickness to decide whether it can be waited for to resolve on its own. Laser treatment is generally suitable for port-wine stains.

The application and injection methods are suitable for simple capillary hemangiomas and smaller, thinner cavernous hemangiomas. Drug injection treatment is suitable for smaller cavernous hemangiomas. For fast-growing, disfiguring, or larger cavernous hemangiomas and arterial hemangiomas, surgical resection or combined injection treatment can be chosen early.

What should you pay attention to if your child has hemangioma?

1. Hemangioma is a congenital hereditary disease. It never becomes malignant and rarely ruptures without violent collision. Therefore, the current view on the treatment of hemangiomas is that confirmed hemangiomas that do not cause obvious symptoms, or patients who can accept the state of having a tumor and are not under much psychological pressure, do not need treatment and should be observed. If treatment is desired, surgical resection is the only effective treatment.

2. Note 1: When children are playing, if the hemangioma ruptures, parents should promptly apply pressure with sterile gauze to stop the bleeding to prevent infection. The pressure time should be as long as possible and the child should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

3. Note 2: Parents should also pay special attention when bathing their baby so as not to scratch the hemangioma. After taking a shower, use a soft paper towel or towel to absorb the moisture on the tumor, and do not wipe it back and forth. Children and parents should cut their nails frequently. The diet needs to be balanced, with a combination of coarse and fine grains as the staple food to maintain a balanced nutrition.

4. Note three: For parents, avoid letting your children cry excessively, as capillary dilation and congestion will aggravate the development of hemangiomas. In addition, parents of children with hemangiomas should pay attention to observation, mainly focusing on changes in the color and size of the hemangiomas.

Children with hemangiomas need to pay attention to many details in their daily lives to avoid bumping into the tumor. What is more important is that parents should provide psychological counseling and guidance to their children, because as children grow up, especially due to facial hemangiomas, they are likely to develop inferiority complex. This cannot be ignored. If you are sure, it is best to give your child surgical treatment as early as possible.